emily osment reviews i am the cheese

Jun 11, 2008

I Am The Cheese by Robert Cormier is a captivating book that instantly drew me into the dark world of Adam Farmer. In this story, Adam has always felt safe with his parents at home in Massachusetts, where his father writes for a newspaper and his mother stays home and bakes him cookies. However, when Adam becomes suspicious of his seemingly normal life, he discovers that not everything is as it seems. When he decides to dig deeper into his past, he finds a second birth certificate and a family he didn't know he had, but most importantly, for the first time, he finds the truth about his life. This gives Adam a reason to run from it all.

Cormier embeds a unique sense of movement throughout the entire book. Whether Adam is on his bike, sifting through his dreams, or constantly fighting to move forward in his search for the truth, there is always a sense of urgency that is difficult to ignore. The book's style also suggests motion: One moment Adam is going to school and dreaming about girls, and the next he is at a different point in time, being interviewed about events he is not sure really happened.

Robert Cormier's I Am The Cheese gives the reader a satisfying literary experience, bamboozles even the most attentive sleuth, and creates a craving to read the other novels this powerful author has to offer. Be sure to read I Am The Cheese, and remember that the only thing you can trust is that you can't trust anything at all.

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